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An examination of Israel’s relationship
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Millennials React to New Holocaust Survey
LOCAL keep teaching about the Holo- and learning from them. not that surprising, but it’s will be for people to grasp what
MARISSA STERN | JE STAFF caust so it does not happen “With safe spaces and every- still disappointing.” really happened,” she added.
again — the attention to mil- thing else going on in insti- Greenberg, 32, who works
USUALLY WHEN MILLEN- lennials’ limited knowledge of tutions, it seems like there’s a as assistant director of devel- Marc Prine, 32, found it
NIALS are in the headlines for the Holocaust stands out to reluctance to teach the hard sub- opment for the Anti-Defama- “pretty abysmal and pretty
something negative, it has to do many, including those in the jects,” he noted, adding that the tion League in Philadelphia, scary” that a high percentage
with avocado toast or ruining age group. data was “certainly alarming.” recalled seeing only a small of millennials couldn’t identify
chain restaurants. “It’s certainly deeply upset- “It’s part of our history that section about the Holocaust in what Auschwitz was, especially
ting,” said Jake Markovitz, 32, we need to embrace and even history books when she was as the grandparents of that age
But last week, the demo- a Tribe 12 Fellow and chair though it’s hard to talk about, learning about World War II. group were affected in some
graphic was featured for some- of the Young Friends of the it’s something that we need Even then, she knew that what way by the war, he said.
thing a little more important National Museum of American to constantly be aware of and she was reading wasn’t right.
than being solely responsible Jewish History. remind the next generation,” “I always end up going “The whole mantra of
for the death of bar soap. However, despite the high per- he said. “We are pretty much back to that,” she said, noting Holocaust remembrance has
centages, he pointed to the sur- the last generation that will get the tools the ADL offers for been ‘Never again,’” he said,
A survey released by the “and not knowing where the
Conference on Jewish Material A survey released by the Claims Conference found that 41 percent of Americans and 66 percent of millennials core of the atrocities happened
Claims Against Germany (oth- … that’s something I think
erwise known as the Claims cannot identify what Auschwitz was. Mariusz Cieszewski/Flickr needs to be remembered and
Conference) on April 12 looked needs to be taught.”
at Holocaust awareness and vey’s rather small sampling size. direct connections and rela- Holocaust education such as
knowledge among adults in The data was collected and tionships with Holocaust sur- its Echoes & Reflections and Prine, whose grandfather
the United States, and found a analyzed by Schoen Consult- vivors, and that’s an important Bearing Witness programs. was a Holocaust survivor,
significant lack thereof — par- ing with a representative sam- thing to sort of embrace and be She surmises that the unbe- suggested visiting sites like
ticularly among millennials, ple of 1,350 American adults cognizant of.” lievability that something the United States Holocaust
which the survey defined as by landline, cell phone, and For millennials who are like the Holocaust could have Memorial Museum as a means
people aged 18 to 34. online interviews from Feb. 23 descendants of Holocaust sur- transpired may have an effect of educating the next gener-
to 27. Millennials made up 31 vivors, the issue understand- on how educational gaps form. ation to fix the inaccuracies
Among the key findings were percent of the sample. ably hits closer to home. “It’s really easy to brush that found in the survey, such as the
seven out of 10 Americans say- “But it’s kind of crazy that Rachel Greenberg’s mater- kind of thing over because it correct number of Jews who
ing fewer people seem to care something as significant as the nal grandparents were both does seem like such an out- were killed. The survey had
about the Holocaust than they Holocaust is quickly fading born in Poland and survived landish impossibility,” she also found that most Ameri-
used to, and 58 percent of Amer- from the memories of young concentration camps. Her said, noting her grandmother cans (80 percent) have not vis-
icans believe something like the people,” Markovitz added. grandmother was 15 when was interviewed for the Sho- ited a Holocaust museum.
Holocaust could happen again. He was concerned that there she and her sister — who also ah Foundation and said at the
could be a link between the gap survived — were sent to Ber- end that she still had trouble Echoing Greenberg, he not-
“The issue is not that of knowledge and the increas- gen-Belsen. Her grandfather believing that it happened — ed that the seeming distance
people deny the Holocaust; the ing behavior among millennials was in Auschwitz. and she was there. from the Holocaust could play
issue is just that it’s receding to avoid talking about upsetting She found the survey “The further out we are a role.
from memory,” noted Greg subjects rather than embracing results “unfortunately just from it, the more difficult it
Schneider, the executive “When you’re sitting in a
vice president of the Claims history class or hearing these
Conference, in an interview stories, it sounds like something
with The New York Times. that would happen during the
Crusades and not something
It also found that 31 per- that would happen under 100
cent of all Americans and 41 years ago,” said Prine, who
percent of millennials believe serves as the outgoing chair of
that 2 million or fewer Jews NextGen, the Jewish Federation
were killed during the Holo- of Greater Philadelphia’s affinity
caust, rather than the correct group for 20-, 30- and 40-some-
6 million. things. “As time goes on, it’s
only going to seem more and
In a more startling statistic, more distant, more and more as
the survey also found that 41 though that can’t happen today.
percent of Americans, and 66
percent of millennials, could not “There are plenty of people
identify what Auschwitz was. who would like to see some-
thing like this happen again,”
And while there were he added, “and if we don’t con-
more positive findings from tinue to remind people and
the survey — including that take the responsibility as the
an overwhelming 93 percent Jewish community, we’re likely
of Americans believe all stu- to fall victim again.” l
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JCRC Makes Lobbying Gerrie Dean was a longtime in 1959 with her husband, Jay, were suspended pending inves- “We suspended all activities
Trip to Harrisburg died March 28. tigations by both the university of our Temple University group
STAFF AND BOARD members singer. Photo provided and Philadelphia police. nearly three weeks ago and have
of the Jewish Community Kogan was the the- directed that no non-members
Relations Council (JCRC) as Geri Dean) served as sing- ater’s managing director Temple also said it has of the fraternity are allowed in
visited Harrisburg on April 17 er, director and bandleader for 1959 through 1993 and also increased the police presence the fraternity house pending
to work in partnership with weddings, fundraisers and Bar assumed the role of artistic “in various areas including the the outcome of these investi-
the Anti-Defamation League and Bat Mitzvahs throughout director through 2016. She was 2000 block of Broad Street” gations. Alpha Epsilon Pi is a
to rally support for Jewish the tri-state area. a performer and a producer at during the investigation. fraternity based in Jewish val-
values in the state legislature, the theater as well. ues and anyone associated with
Jewish Federation of Greater As a vocalist, she featured a AEPi said it would cooper- such alleged behavior has no
Philadelphia Public Relations diverse repertoire of mambo, Kogan also established ate with the investigation. place in our fraternity and will
Manager Laura Frank said. pop, French and klezmer. She Philadelphia’s First Street The- be removed immediately.”
often appeared with the Jules ater, which featured the city’s “We are aware of the rumors
The contingent discussed Helzner Band. first integrated casts in 1968 and the nature of the inves- Settlement Music
legislation it supported (and through 1970. Productions tigation by Temple University School to Honor Real
legislation it opposed) on topics Keller was active in her syn- were brought to neighbor- Police and the local authori- Estate Developer
including hate crimes, gun vio- agogue, the former Congrega- hoods throughout the city via ties and continue to cooperate Leonard Mellman
lence, the budget and the Sup- tion Beth Emeth, where she a flatbed truck that served as fully with both,” said Jonathan SETTLEMENT MUSIC
plemental Nutrition Assistance directed numerous fundraisers a stage. Pierce, a past international pres- School will honor three gen-
Program (SNAP)/Medicaid. and also served as a mentor and ident of AEPi and the frater- erations of alumni at its 110th
talent scout for area youth. In her career, she worked with nity’s media spokesman. “The Anniversary Gala, including
Frank deemed the day a suc- numerous actors, including Kev- university has asked us not to Philadelphia-area real estate
cess, as participants were able in Bacon, Richard Roundtree, conduct our own investigation developer Leonard Mellman.
to meet with legislators and Sherman Hemsley and play- and, to date, we have received
staff from across party lines wright Albert Innaurato. no other official notice from Mellman, 94, is a 1939 Set-
and representing various com- the university. We are, obvious-
mittees. The legislators were Temple Suspends ly, very concerned about these See Briefs, Page 6
receptive, asked many ques- AEPi Fraternity allegations as they have no place
tions and were curious to hear TEMPLE UNIVERSITY in Alpha Epsilon Pi.
the group’s opinions on certain announced April 20 that it
bills on the docket. Society Hill Playhouse suspended Alpha Epsilon Pi
Founder Deen Kogan fraternity in the wake of sev-
“We greatly enjoyed work- Dies at 87 eral allegations, including
ing in coordination with the DEEN KOGAN, WHO found- sexual assault.
ADL on our advocacy day in ed the Society Hill Playhouse
Harrisburg. It’s always better “The university has received
to have more groups coming multiple credible reports from
together to make a stronger various sources alleging under-
impact,” JCRC Assistant Direc- age drinking, the excessive use
tor Abbey Frank said. “We of alcohol, possibly drugs and
appreciated the time the leg- sexual misconduct, including
islators gave us to discuss our sexual assault, during social
priorities and we’re grateful activities at Alpha Epsilon Pi,”
that the work of the Pennsylva- according to the university’s
nia Jewish coalition is strong.” police department.
The JCRC’s goal is to have The rights and privileges of
a Washington, D.C., advocacy the fraternity (known as AEPi)
day each fall with a Harrisburg
advocacy day each spring.
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Mitzvah Singer Gerrie
Dean Dies at 92
LONGTIME SINGER GERRIE
Keller — known professionally
as Gerrie Dean — died April 9.
She was 92.
The singing career of the
former Geraldine Smigel began
during World War II at the
Naval Depot. In the years after
the war through the 1980s,
Gerrie Dean (sometimes billed
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2018 INDUCTION CEREMONY
HONOREES INCLUDE:
JESSE LEVIS - Holds major league longevity record for any native BRUCE LEFKOWITZ - Penn’s 11th leading career scorer with
Philadelphian of Jewish descent, hitting .255 with 3 homers & 60 1443 points & led team in rebounding in all 4 seasons, 1983-87
RBIs as a catcher over 9 seasons
LAUREN BECKER RUBIN - Field Hockey & Lacrosse star at
MARTY FELDMAN - The late amateur (37-2) and professional
Friends Central and Brown. Lacrosse coach & key administrative
boxer (20-3) role in PA School Girls Lacrosse Association
LOU SCHEINFELD - Former president of the Sixers & was BRIAN SHIFF - Over 25 years coached Maccabi Jr. basketball &
responsible for naming the Spectrum & having God Bless America USA Jr. basketball to 22 medals, 15 gold
before important Flyers games. President & CEO of proposed
Museum of Sports in South Philadelphia Leonard Mellman is being honored by the Settlement Music School.
Photo provided
WEDNESDAY, MAY 23, 2018
5:30PM tlement alumnus and current vide “educators and admin-
member of the School’s Central istrators with a clear and
THE GERSHMAN Y Board of Trustees. He studied uniform definition to recog-
401 S. BROAD STREET theater at Settlement every Fri- nize anti-Jewish bigotry.”
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That definition is compara-
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SC Passes Anti-Semitic
Protection Legislation A campaign calling itself
for Students “Return the Birthright,” which
SOUTH CAROLINA WILL asks young Jews to boycott
protect students from anti-Se- Birthright and support Pales-
mitic acts by passing protective tinian claims to the land, led the
legislation, JNS.org reported. protests. Those protesters wore
Jewish prayer shawls, read the
The state Senate approved names of Palestinian villages
the legislation in a 37-4 vote prior to Israel’s independence
on April 12 as part of a larg- and also recited the names of
er spending package; the State 32 Gaza Palestinians recently
House of Representatives in killed in Gaza border riots —
March approved the measure many of whom were identified
the previous month and Gov. terror organization operatives.
Henry McMaster is expected to
sign it into law. Since its inception, Birth-
right has brought more than
The Louis D. Brandeis Cen- 600,000 Jewish young adults
ter for Human Rights Under to Israel for free 10-day visits. l
the Law said the bill will pro-
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NextGen Leader Courts Younger Contributors
PROFILES IN GIVING Jewish Federation Board Chair I made a lot of
ANDY GOTLIEB | JE MANAGING EDITOR Susan Lachs Adler and Marc friends through
Prine [Jewish] Federation
MARC PRINE DOESN’T and have really enjoyed
hesitate to describe how the Photo provided that community
Jewish Federation of Greater feeling.”
Philadelphia changed his life.
MARC PRINE
“I met my wife [Amanda]
because of [Jewish] Federa- in Israel360 trips. “I’m really
tion,” he noted. excited for the future of Next-
Gen and NextGen as a piece of
That’s certainly a life chang- the [Jewish] Federation future.”
er, and the outgoing chair-
man of NextGen — the Jewish A native of Manalapan,
Federation organization for N.J., Prine, 32, was an under-
younger adults and future lead- graduate at Temple University
ers — plans to continue that starting in 2004, obtained a
involvement in the near future.
See Profile, Page 9
“I made a lot of friends
through [Jewish] Federation
and have really enjoyed that
community feeling,” said Prine,
who also is on the board of
trustees and has participated
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master’s degree in industrial Prine said the Jewish Feder-
organization (I/O) psychology ation has created an environ-
at West Chester University and ment where differing values are
completed a Ph.D. in the same respected and can work togeth-
field at the Chicago School of er despite disagreements.
Professional Psychology.
Jewish Federation President
Prine put his knowledge in and CEO “Naomi [Adler] and
that niche field — I/O psychol- her team have done a great job of
ogy is the science of human changing the perception of the
behavior as it relates to work, pay-to-play model,” Prine said.
applying psychological theories
Prine has attended annu-
One challenge is avoiding what Prine described Toast to Jam
as philanthropic attention deficit disorder —
trying to wade through all the charitable options Connecting people 62 and better to
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mix with younger fun-oriented gram. The latter is a Jewish
lifestyles and that Jewish Fed- learning and leadership devel-
eration is changing with the opment program for volunteer
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don’t become ‘Oh, that’s what
my grandmother did.’” In his free time, Prine enjoys
trying restaurants around the
One challenge is avoid- city and trying to improve a
ing what Prine described as suspect golf game. l
philanthropic attention defi-
cit disorder — trying to wade This article is part of an
through all the charitable occasional series of profiles of
options to determine the best Jewish Federation of Greater
use of a donation. Philadelphia supporters.
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FOR DETAILS painstakingly- Continued from Page 13 MUST-SEES
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a smaller headline demonstrat-
Continued from Page 1 ed the need behind the U.N.
effort: “10,000 Jewish Children
In the latter half of 1947, Are Born in DP Camps.”
the Exponent had several front-
page, large-type headlines, That same week adver-
reflecting the dramatic evo- tised the coming appearance
lution of the decision-making of Chaim Weizmann, “distin-
at the United Nations. “Free guished scientist and foremost
Palestine October 1,” read the Jew,” as guest of honor at the
headline on Nov. 21, 1947, Allied Jewish Appeal luncheon
reporting that a four-country in Philadelphia.
working group had arrived at
an agreement to enforce the In the weeks and months to
U.N. project of Palestine par- come, Weizmann (Israel’s first
See Exponent, Page 18
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the need to get beyond “the account from Tel Aviv called
Continued from Page 17 sentimental and poetic aspect” “How Jews in Palestine Greet-
of the U.N. approval and move ed Partition Plan.”
president) would feature prom- forward carefully.
inently in the Exponent’s cov- In the last issue of the year,
erage in mentions, citations, “The tumult and the shout- the Exponent ran an editori-
photographs and, on May 14, ing, the jubilation and rejoic- al establishing the foundation
1948, a full-page illustration on ing will soon be followed by of the publication agenda that
the cover. In one photo in late the sober voice of responsibil- would follow in the issues lead-
1947, he was featured “rejoic- ity,” read the editorial, written ing up to partition: enjoining
ing over Palestine Partition” under the aegis of Exponent the Philadelphia Jewish com-
with Philadelphia’s Samuel H. Editor David J. Galter. munity to participate in build-
Daroff, who also figured prom- ing the new state.
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nent published a map titled “The burden of implementa-
On Dec. 5, 1947, in the wake “Where Arabs Are Reacting to tion,” the editorial read, “falls
of the historic U.N. decision, U.N. Decision on Palestine.” entirely upon our own shoul-
the Exponent published one This is a topic that would recur ders. … Certainly the Jews of
of a handful of editorials that in wire stories in the following this country, aided by Jews in
would run on the subject. This months. A couple weeks later, other parts of the world in a
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more health-based desserts — there is a strong emphasis on Sixers has to be more flexible.
something we can serve them having healthy food in par-
in-house that’s better than what ticular at the ready in the “Things get pushed or
people are going to get outside,” training complex in Camden things get moved, so do we
said Shapiro, who grew up a that opened in 2016, where and the ability to adapt has
member of Adath Israel. they work. been a growing experience
for me, personally,” she said.
She long had an affinity for She makes a banana bread “We’re always on our toes, and
baking, but didn’t have formal with a modified recipe, using we’ve got to be flexible and roll
experience or training. more bananas and less sugar with the punches.”
and fat. There are always vege-
After graduating from Penn tables available — plus protein For Shapiro, who had a bas-
State University, where she like fish, chicken and beef — ketball hoop in her driveway
studied kinesiology with a spe- for the players and staff, and and could always be found
cialization in athletic training, Shapiro makes a variety of shooting when she wasn’t at
she moved to Santa Fe, N.M. fruit smoothies. another practice, being a bas-
She had family there who hired ketball fan and getting used
her as a hostess at a restaurant. However, even if it’s rare, to her role with the food pro-
Over a Fourth of July week- they are open to feedback and gram, which she said is grow-
end, one of their bakers quit requests — like chocolate chip ing and making adjustments,
and, knowing Shapiro’s desire cookies, which Shapiro said has given her plenty to enjoy.
to bake but lack of experience, is the only thing she makes
they “threw me back there to every day per request. Every- “I sound like a little girl
see what I could do.” thing else changes by day. when I say this, but just being
there and being involved,”
She must have done well, “We’re trying to get, obvi- she said. “We have been lucky
as they hired her as a full- ously, the team, and really the enough to have tickets to the
time baker. whole building, the best food game, so I have seen both
we can,” she said. playoff games; the atmosphere
In Philadelphia, she spent in the arena is unlike anything
two years at Parc Restaurant, Food is what fuels their I’ve ever experienced as a Six-
where she served as a pastry bodies and helps them recov- ers fan.
cook, working in production er, she noted, which is espe-
three days a week making cially important given how “And then coming in the
macarons and plating the des- much work they do. next morning and getting
serts on the weekends. ready to serve breakfast and
“Like any athlete, their everybody comes in and every-
With the Sixers, she’s been caloric intake is so much high- body’s excited — it’s a really,
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ISRAEL 70 es on the West Coast as well, David Adi Jonah Mink cess, they want to
SELAH MAYA ZIGHELBOIM | JE STAFF though Philadelphia would replicate it. For this
still serve as Make-Sense’s reason, if one com-
WHEN DAVID ADI was American base. pany moves to Phil-
deciding on an American city MobileODT, an Israeli adelphia and does
in which to open a subsidi- company that creates smart well, other compa-
ary of his company, he picked colposcopy and visual assess- nies follow in those
Philadelphia. ment options for women’s footsteps. This has
health clinicians, also has a brought many Israe-
He said Philadelphia offered Philadelphia presence through li companies to the
good schools for families, its medical director, Jonah area, and Nohi said
affordability and proximity to Mink, who’s originally from she believes it will
cities like New York City and New York and lives here now. continue to progress
Washington, D.C. The quan- Mink first got involved with this way.
tity and quality of universities MobileODT while living With more than
and colleges in the area also in Tel Aviv in 2013. He was 100 research institu-
provided a large pool to draw impressed by its founders and “Startup Nation in Philly — The to innovate and to have your tions and universities in the
employees from, making it eas- interested in using his medical Local Innovation Story” May company succeed.” area, tech companies, especial-
ier to hire locally. knowledge to make a socially- 2 at MAKE Offices. The event Military enrollment also ly those in life sciences, food,
mindful impact. will address innovation in Israel helps. While serving in the communication and e-com-
“For me, it’s a good com- Soon after, he moved to during Philly Tech Week. Israel Defense Forces, young merce, get a lot out of having a
munity to be in,” said Adi, the Philadelphia to continue his Nohi said technology Israelis learn leadership skills, local presence. It’s also a great
founder and CEO of Make- medical training, and he con- does well in Israel because of teamwork and how to make location for supply chain logis-
Sense, an Israeli tech company tinued to stay involved with a confluence of several cul- quick decisions. The military tics.
that makes websites accessi- MobileODT. In addition to tural elements. This includes has been a source of innovation “[Israelis] hear that
ble for those with disabilities, him, the tech company also the high education level of its for the country. Philadelphia is not a place just
such as visual impairments, has a salesperson based here. workforce and a culture that “When one of those young to stop and visit,” Nohi said.
hearing loss and neurological “The connections to the encourages teamwork and soldiers completes their ser- “There’s entrepreneurship here,
disorders. health systems and access to problem-solving. vice, they’re ready to lead and there are opportunities
target markets, the specialists “Another part of the culture teams that can innovate,” Nohi here, and you don’t necessarily
Adi isn’t the only Israe- said. “The other thing in Israel have to be in New York to be
li who’s expanded locally. is that it’s OK for a young, successful. The ecosystem here
Because of the size of the talented individual to propose supports innovation, and it’s
country, Israeli companies a different route or solution significantly more economical to
have to go global to grow. among her or his peers, which be here compared to New York
Increasingly, Philadelphia is traditionally is not the way to or Boston or San Francisco.”
the city Israeli entrepreneurs go in corporate America or In November, Israel and the
want to do that in, said Vered other countries.” Commonwealth of Pennsyl-
Nohi, executive director of the Israeli culture has a men- vania signed a memorandum
Philadelphia-Israel Chamber tality that it’s OK to fail, of understanding supporting
of Commerce (PICC). and investors like entrepre- joint ventures. Nohi said this
neurs who have failed before represents the growing busi-
Adi has a hearing disability, and have learned from their ness ties between the two plac-
which inspired him to start his mistakes. es, as well as a recognition by
company in 2016. Make-Sense Finally, Nohi said, the Israe- both Israel and Pennsylvania
remains based in Israel, and li government is supportive of the economic impact of col-
most of its customers are still of innovation. This happens laboration.
there. Because of the potential through the work of the Inno- “The interest is evident,”
for growth in the American From left: Israel Shamay, head of Americas operations at Israel Innovation vation Authority, which sup- Nohi said. “The understanding
market, though, Adi decided ports new companies through that there is great potential for
to move to Philadelphia when Authority; Aharon Aharon, CEO of the Israel Innovation Authority; Vered Nohi, funding. economic growth is evident.
he opened the subsidiary here.
executive director at the Philadelphia-Israel Chamber of Commerce; and Inon
“I came here to focus on
the American market, because Elroy, economic minister to North America Photos provided In general, Israel is one of The priority from both parties,
that will be the largest market
in the end,” he said. “That’s the that we’re involved with in the is hunger,” Nohi said. “There is the top countries in the world from Israel and Pennsylvania,
main reason I decided to move Philadelphia area … just by the a culture of competitiveness, for entrepreneurs to seek out is phenomenal so, yes, defi-
to the United States and start a density of the area, the medical a hunger to succeed, a culture investment. nitely, we foresee growing the
business here.” establishment here has been of immigrants. If you want to There’s somewhat of a herd commercial ties.” l
very, very helpful,” Mink said. succeed, you have to be basi- mentality in Israel, Nohi said,
Adi has also opened offices Adi and Mink will both cally hungry for it. You have to which means that when one [email protected];
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ISRAEL 70 Participants of the 2017 men’s mission in Netivot pose for a group picture. Photo provided Because of the proximity to
SELAH MAYA ZIGHELBOIM | JE STAFF Gaza, security also has been a
because there is such a strong tation as an LGBT-friendly city. area of about 40,000 people. focus. The Jewish Federation
ON THE FRONT page of the Jewish community here, and The strength of this rela- About 20 years ago, the Jew- has helped refurbish bomb
Oct. 28, 1966 issue of the Jew- also because there is an Israeli tionship can be seen through shelters, provide needed sup-
ish Exponent, a photo of David Chamber of Commerce and, the delegations that shuttle ish Federation decided to par- plies and establish a program
Ben-Gurion declaring Israel’s until very recently, the Israeli between them. Over the past ticipate in the Jewish Agency to train teenagers to help out in
independence in Tel Aviv sits consulate had an office here in few years, for example, delega- for Israel’s Partnership2Gether times of crisis.
next to a painting of Congress Philadelphia. And until recent- tions from Tel Aviv have come program, which connects Jew-
declaring independence in ly, of course, we had a direct to Philadelphia to learn more ish communities around the The Jewish Federation
Philadelphia. flight from Philadelphia to Tel about Independence Hall and world to communities on Isra- sends regular missions to the
Aviv. That certainly helps the about how to increase tourism el’s periphery. area, where participants get an
The photos accompany an relationship continue because to historical sites, Lyons said. appreciation for the region’s
article about a change in Phil- sister city relationships are not Programming over the “We had a group of Phila- unique security needs, as well
adelphia’s relationship with Tel only at an official level. They are past five decades has changed, delphians who went to Israel as the opportunity to bond
Aviv that has remained strong people-to-people exchanges.” though the goals of learning and visited a few places, and with locals. Residents of Netiv-
to this day. The day before the The 1966 resolution noted from the other and strengthen- they really made a connection ot and Sdot Negev also vis-
issue ran, the Philadelphia several similarities between ing the relationship have stayed with the people in Netivot and it Philadelphia. In 2013, for
City Council unanimously the City of Brotherly Love and the same. That programming Sdot Negev,” said Beth Razin, instance, the Tavlinim group,
passed a resolution authorizing what is today Israel’s cultural has included exchanges of best senior manager of communi- a catering company supported
the establishment of a sister and economic center. Besides practices and two missions led ty engagement at the Jewish by Partnership2Gether, visited
relationship between the two the fact that they are the birth- by former Mayor Michael Nut- Federation. “We’ve had a really Philadelphia to put on culi-
cities, the second such relation- places of independence in their ter to promote trade between successful 20-plus years work- nary demonstrations.
ship Philadelphia established respective nations, they both the cities. There are also plans ing together.”
— the first being with Florence, have similar industries, are to launch a new high school “We’ve really created pro-
Italy in 1964. centers of art and culture and, exchange program with a Over those two decades, gramming that has been cop-
of course, share an affinity to school in Tel Aviv. the Jewish Federation has ied by other federations in
“Tel Aviv is many things to the contributions of Philadel- “We are home to one of the supported education, cultur- their communities, which is
many people,” the article said. phia’s Jewish community. oldest Jewish congregations in al entrepreneurship and cre- a real compliment to what
“It is a city of wide boulevards — Today, Lyons said, the the United States,” Lyons said. ative and healthy placemaking we’ve been able to do,” said
Rothschild, Allenby and others. two cities continue to have “We have a very strong Jew- in Netivot and Sdot Negev. David Gold, Philadelphia
It is also a city of narrow streets commonalities and provide ish community. Those are the This has included programs to co-chair of the Partnership-
clogged with hornblowing, sta- opportunities for each oth- large reasons for why the rela- emphasize STEAM education, 2Gether committee.
tionary automobiles. It is a city er. Philadelphia, for example, tionship was created.” enhance small business skills
of beautiful buildings; it is a city can glean a great deal from About an hour’s drive south and raise the quality of life. “The partnership model
of ramshackle houses, decay- the innovation and high-tech of Tel Aviv, and just 10 miles The partnership has result- really grew out of the idea
ing before they reach a score industry of Tel Aviv. They are away from Gaza, sits another ed in the construction of the that we should work together
of years. … But Tel Aviv has both open-minded cities as of Philadelphia’s sister cities — Kaiserman Family Spiritual to see what we can do togeth-
another distinction; it will soon well, evident in Tel Aviv’s repu- Netivot and Sdot Negev, an Center, the Tanenbaum Music er,” Razin said. “The Israeli
be Philadelphia’s sister city.” Conservatory and the Robert community are partners. They
Saligman Early Childhood want to do more projects on
Over the next several Development Center. our side, to do more about
decades, Philadelphia estab- education and Jewish identity
lished sister city relationships building. They see themselves
with nine other cities around as being able to offer those
the world, but the relationship kinds of projects.”
with Tel Aviv stands out as
one of the most robust, said Right now, for example,
Siobhán Lyons, president and there is an art installation called
CEO of Citizen Diplomacy “Art from the Negev” mak-
International Philadelphia, ing its way through the Phil-
which oversees Philadelphia’s adelphia area. Its two artists,
sister city relationships. In Simcha Even-Haim and Yafa
1997, the Jewish Federation Dadon, hail from Sdot Negev
of Greater Philadelphia made and Netivot, respectively.
Netivot and the surrounding
district of Sdot Negev a sister “We can share and learn
city of Philadelphia as well. from each other and help each
other as communities,” Razin
“[Tel Aviv is] one of our said. “[It’s] what’s behind the
more active sister city relation- idea of partnership.” l
ships,” Lyons said. “That helps
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PJDS Takes Students on Virtual Israel Trip
ISRAEL 70 she hopes the activities deepen Students watch a video about the Kotel in the “visitor’s center.” Photos by Selah Maya Zighelboim
SELAH MAYA ZIGHELBOIM | JE STAFF the students’ love for Israel.
ings, and people eating and starting at the beginning of this At each station, they partic-
WHEN “THE PLANE” touched The event was set to begin at drinking. school year, teaches its junior ipated in a different activity,
down, about 350 students from 9:30 a.m., but because of a late The plane then landed to kindergarten class mostly in such as painting and singing
Perelman Jewish Day School’s arrival of PJDS students from cheers from students, and Hebrew. Hebrew songs, a Kotel visit, a
(PJDS) campuses in Wynnewood the Forman Center — which Groner led them in a “She- “They understand the art, Dead Sea spa, a Bedouin tent,
and Melrose Park started cheer- Head of School Judy Groner hecheyanu” blessing. The stu- they hear the music, they sing a shuk and an Israel Defense
ing and singing “Shehecheyanu.” referred to as a “delayed flight” dents sang “Hatikvah.” the music to make them feel Forces obstacle course.
— the program started closer to “We try to immerse them that Israel is another home for
On April 19, PJDS arranged 10 a.m. While they waited, stu- in Israeli culture all the time, them,” Groner said. “They have Galfand led the Kotel sta-
a virtual flight to Israel for its dents and teachers danced along but today is a day when we a home, not only here in Jewish tion. Here, students watched
junior kindergarten to fifth- to contemporary Israeli music. really try to take them there Philadelphia, but they have a videos about the Kotel at the
grade students. The full day of and make it as real as we pos- home in Israel as well.” “visitor’s center” before hav-
activities, put on to celebrate PJDS brings both campuses sibly could,” Groner said. “We Yael Smith Posner, a fifth-grade ing the opportunity to put a
Israel’s Independence Day, together for every Independence give them an Israeli experience student, has been to Israel once. letter in a mock wall. Galfand
included singing and a dance Day, something they do periodi- without actually bringing them Her favorite memory is eating said he plans on scanning the
festival, as well as samples of cally throughout the year. there, so 350 of them boarded falafel from a stand near where she letters and sending them to be
some activities students might a plane this morning virtually, and her family were staying. She placed in the actual Kotel in
do on a trip to the Jewish state. “We say, ‘am echad, shir and they landed, and they real- said she enjoys going on this virtual Jerusalem.
echad,’ one people, one song,” ly got into it.” trip to Israel rather than having a
“People have not been to Groner said. “We are really one Learning about Israel is a normal school day. “I wanted [the students] to
Israel,” Stern Center Principal school. We happen to be on crucial part of the Perelman “America is so old, and Isra- have a sense that its history is
Wendy Smith said. “Kids have other sides of the river, but this curriculum. Students take an el is so young,” she said, “even much more than a hazy ‘it’s
not been there. It gives you was a wonderful opportuni- Israeli dancing class once a though 70 years, compared to very old,’ and I wanted them
that taste … and it makes the ty to celebrate together as the week. The school also has a my life, is a ton.” to realize the destruction that
day so very different for the Perelman Jewish community.” bilingual curriculum and even, After the plane landed, the took place was very signifi-
kids. Our school prides itself faculty and staff then direct- cant,” he said. “I also want
on experiential learning, and Finally, the bus arrived, and them to realize its significance
this is experiential.” the students sat down, with to the other religions.”
fake passports, boarding pass-
Every year, PJDS plans dif- es and shekels in hand, for At the end of the day, the
ferent programming for Yom the beginning of the day’s pro- students boarded the plane
Ha’atzmaut. Because this was gramming. once again and headed back to
Israel’s 70th birthday, the real life.
school wanted to make this The school played videos —
year’s celebration particularly edited by School Rabbi Chaim “When they go home,
special with a virtual flight to Galfand — of passengers board- they’re going to talk to their
the country. ing a plane, a Hebrew-language parents about this,” Smith said.
plane safety demonstration “This generates conversation.
PJDS put on virtual trip a with Hebrew and English sub- They’re talking to each other
few years ago, Smith said, and titles, and of the flight taking about it. When they talk to
wanted to do it again. Faculty, off and soaring over the clouds. each other, converse more, they
parents and even some stu- The school also played a video learn more.” l
dents helped plan and set up of different places in Israel like
the programming. Smith said Tel Aviv, Eilat and Jerusalem [email protected];
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Students put letters in the “Kotel.” landscapes, highways, build-
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routines separately, students
from the same grade at each
center came together for their
dances. After each grade had
performed, all the students
danced together.
Students were then directed
to stations across the campus.
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Elliot and Maxine Rosen enjoy one of many trips to Israel.
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On a Mission to
Get to Israel
ISRAEL 70 He made it his own mission
MARISSA STERN | JE STAFF to bring others there since that
first trip, chairing several mis-
NOWADAYS, THERE ARE sions in the ’80s and ’90s, both
myriad ways to get to Israel. nationally and locally.
Whether it’s through travel He served two three-year
groups, Birthright trips or even terms as chairman of the mis-
just on your own, there are sions committee for the Jew-
plenty of opportunities to reach ish Federation as well as the
the Jewish state to sightsee, regional chair of missions on
soak in Jewish history and eat the national missions commit-
falafel to your heart’s content. tee for what was then the Unit-
ed Jewish Appeal. (UJA merged
But a scan through the Jew- with The Council of Jewish
ish Federation of Greater Phil- Federations and together later
adelphia’s website leads to you became what is now the Jewish
a page with information about Federations of North America).
the various mission trips they
offer. There are trips for wom- The UJA’s Young Leadership
en, for young professionals, for Cabinet had gone on a mission
men, for families, for interfaith trip in 1975 called Koach,
leaders and clergy — and so on. and some Philadelphians had
been on that trip who came
Elliot Rosen went on a mis- back and wanted to start a trip
sion trip to Israel with the Jew- from the Philadelphia area,
ish Federation in 1976 — one Rosen said.
of the earliest of its kind — that
changed his life. The trip even caught the
attention of Yitzhak Rabin, who
There were about 200 peo- in an August 1975 JTA arti-
ple — five buses worth — from cle said, “The Koach Mission is
Philadelphia with him and his unique in its scope and those
wife, Maxine, on that trip. who take part will better under-
stand what Israel is about ...”
“If you’ve ever seen the faces
of people going to Israel for the Rosen has been to Israel on
first time and see … the realiza- several key occasions. He was
tion of the miracle of the coun- there after the Lebanon War in
try,” he recalled. 1982. He was in Jerusalem and
Tel Aviv for Yom Ha’atzmaut
Since then, he’s averaged celebrations, including Israel’s
about two trips to Israel per 50th and 60th birthdays.
year, whether for mission trips
or business meetings or to visit He remembered Yom
friends he’s made along the way. Ha’atzmaut as the “most joy-
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ous and exhilarating” experi- is the “most knowledgeable cre-
ences, and even shared how ator of itinerary” Rosen knows.
he played basketball with the Another leader he knew
mayor of Netivot at 4 a.m. after and admired was the late Col.
the celebrations had somewhat Ze’ev “Zonik” Shaham, who
subsided. co-founded the Jaffa Institute,
He was there for more som- which helps disadvantaged
ber occasions, too, such as Yom children and their families.
Hashoah and Yom
Hazikaron.
“It reaches your
depths of emotion
to understand the
commitment we as
a people have to our
history, and to our
future,” he said.
There are unique
benefits to going on a
mission trip, he said. Elliot Rosen with Shaike Dranitzky
“Being on the mission He would encourage people
gives you a chance to inter- to go on mission trips specifi-
act with other people and cally because the opportunities
have the group dynamics they lend to not just see new
that only that kind of expe- places, but also meet new friends
rience brings,” Rosen said. to share the experience with.
In addition to seeing where “The thing I enjoyed most
the dollars contributed go first- as chairperson,” he reflected,
hand, a mission trip can open “was being able to get the calls
doors to places usually closed and letters — before there were
to the public, Rosen added. emails, we didn’t communicate
For him, he has too many that way — but the calls and
experiences to count that have letters from participants telling
stuck out to him from past me what I know happened to
trips. But, he emphasized, the me: That the mission changed
relationships formed through their life, that they would never
the trips that can last a lifetime. read a newspaper the same way
Through trips, he met people again or watch the news the
like Shaike Dranitzky, a close same way again.” l
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MARISSA STERN | JE STAFF the celebration. Children’s Concert at noon. $5/ on May 6 in celebration of Israel’s 70th birthday.
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years old, and the Greater Phil- that will keep the party goin’. with a program saluting IDF by NPR’s This American Life. of what it means to fall in love
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celebrating for a few weeks now Temple Sinai has honored Congregations of Shaare Sha-
with events and special ser- Israel’s 70th throughout April — mayim. IDF Capt. Daniel Saha-
vices. (Israel itself held its offi- including an Israel Fest on April lo will share the story of his
cial celebration on Thursday, 22 — and will continue with a soi- journey from Ethiopia to Israel
April 19.) Neighboring New ree in celebration on April 28. The plus welcoming remarks from
Jersey has already gotten in event will also honor longtime former Navy Capt. Gary Tabach
on the fun as the Katz JCC in members Bill and Karen Kramer. and a performance by world-re-
Cherry Hill hosted an Israel 70 Congregants are encouraged to nowned pianists Olga and
celebration on April 22 to com- share photographs of past visits Dmitry Borisovsky. Also nosh
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International Affairs Commit- Israel 70 celebration in singalongs and other activities.
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and Carole Nuriel, ADL region- The Jewish Federa- cuss current trends and performance by the Perelman
al director, Jerusalem, to learn tion of Greater Phila- challenges facing Israel Jewish Day School youth choir.
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MTOAVZALTO ISRAEL AT 70! came from safe Jewish commu- wasn’t raised to make aliyah,
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Though Philadelphia natives Now, as the founder of Jeru-
Karen Brunwasser and Eric salem Season of Culture, she
Schorr, who both immigrated to organizes Mekudeshet, a sum-
Israel with Nefesh B’Nefesh, seem mer music festival.
quite different on the surface —
one organizes a Jerusalem music Brunwasser first went to
festival, the other has a back- Israel when she was 16 and fell
ground in counterterrorism — a in love with the country.
deep connection to Israel and a
Zionist ideology prompted both
to leave their hometown behind.
Karen Brunwasser
Karen Brunwasser said she had
a mostly typical Jewish, North-
east Philly upbringing.
Her family kept kosher and
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Ultimately, she made aliyah in
2005. Eric Schorr
A visceral embrace of Zion- Originally from Huntingdon
ism fueled her passion. She Valley, Eric Schorr attended
made aliyah half for Israel and Akiba Hebrew Academy —
half for Jerusalem, she said. now Jack M. Barrack Hebrew
When she moved — first to Academy — went to services at
Tel Aviv, then to Jerusalem — Beth Sholom Congregation in
she worked at the Shalem Cen- Elkins Park and served as pres-
ter research institute and the ident of the Philadelphia, South
Charles and Lynn Schusterman Jersey and Delaware region of
Family Foundation. In 2010, she United Synagogue Youth.
took her passion for Jerusalem
to a new level by founding the “I’m Philly, born and
Jerusalem Season of Culture. raised,” Schorr laughed. “I
Her organization aims to See Aliyah, Page 17
explore the city through artistic
productions. Its flagship project
is Mekudeshet, a music festi-
val that explores Jerusalem’s
sacredness from a pluralistic
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War of Independence Soldiers Reminisce
ISRAEL 70 From left: Michael of a United Nations-led that of those 1,500 U.S. soldiers owned a grocery store. Condi-
ANDY GOTLIEB | JE MANAGING EDITOR Herskovitz, Tanya embargo, Klausner’s who served in the War of Inde- tions gradually worsened.
Herskovitz and Leona Jaffe unit flew to Czechoslo- pendence, 1,300 returned home.
SAMUEL KLAUSNER’S vakia to pick up arms “The kids in the village had no
LIVED a full life — and he’s Samuel Klausner and, later, Messer- Klausner contrasted World idea how I was different,” he said,
working on a book at the age of Photos provided schmitt planes. War II and the Israeli war. indicating that things changed
94 — but he’s still got stories to tell once he was forced to wear a
about his service during the 1948 Klausner began work- “We were used as “They were rather different yellow star and could no longer
War of Independence. ing with the Haganah, necessary for other experiences,” he said. “In World attend school. “I couldn’t explain
the paramilitary organization kinds of flying,” he said. War II, I was part of a large why I wore the yellow star.”
And Michael Herskowitz, who that became the core of the mod- machine. … This was a backyard
just celebrated his 90th birthday, ern-day Israel Defense Forces. The nascent Israe- war with very small distances.” Soldiers eventually forced
not only can talk about his service One day, while living near a kib- li Air Force featured a Herskovitz’s family to leave in
during the war, but can relate butz, a group there was trying to motley variety of planes, The character of the war was 1944 and, after a few days in a tent
harrowing details about having arm itself and came in possession which made things dif- also different. camp, they ended up in a cattle
survived Auschwitz. of a .50-caliber machine gun. car bound for Auschwitz.
ficult because of “There were rules, but not
Klausner and Herskowitz are “We were called in to assemble a lack of unifor- clear rules [in Israel],” he said, a Herskovitz, then 13, managed
two of a rapidly dwindling con- it,” he said. “We finished it and the mity. Klausner marked change from the rigid to stay with his father through
tingent who helped Israel gain its kibbutz members set out to attack recalled man- U.S. military. the selection process, but when
independence 70 years ago. a nearby Arab vehicle.” ually dropping the ill-fitting clothes were handed
mortal shells Seventy years later, Klausner is out, the prisoners were told they
American-born Klausner, Ultimately, Klausner was out of planes researching a book about War of could swap them with their peers.
now a sociology professor emer- assigned to an air transport com- that were the Independence participation. Herskovitz did so.
itus at the University of Pennsyl- mand unit, taking advantage of equivalent of
vania, noted that of about 100,000 his navigator skills. In the face Piper Cubs. “One might have expected “When I turned around, my
Jewish Americans who fought in Another time, Klausner was the recruits were primarily from father was gone,” he said. “That
World War II, only about 1,500 aboard a C-46 Commando for a the right-wing … but the data was the last time I saw him.”
also fought in Israel. bombing mission of Damascus, shows it was the Labour group
Syria. The crew simply pushed that mostly responded,” he said. After being liberated, Hersko-
Back in 1947, Klausner was 100-pound bombs and incendi- vitz returned to Czechoslovakia,
active in Zionist youth groups ary devices out the door. Meantime, the war had less but his Jewish heritage pulled
in the United States, but want- After the war, Klausner of an impact on Herskovitz, who him to Israel and he arrived there
ed to attend graduate school at returned to the United States, in came of age during World War II in 1948 for two years of service.
Hebrew University in Jerusalem part because his wife was preg- and in the notorious Auschwitz Afterward, he stayed, running a
that fall. Classes never started, nant, in part because conditions concentration camp. trucking company until 1959. At
however, and when Klausner vis- were difficult in Israel, with food that point, he immigrated to the
ited a military recruitment office, being rationed. “I didn’t shoot anyone, and I United States, eventually owning
he found himself in demand — he “The Israelis didn’t under- wasn’t shot at,” he said. a gas station in Bala Cynwyd that
had been an Air Force navigator stand the U.S. mentality [of not his son still runs. l
during World War II. making Aliyah],” he said, noting Herskowitz regularly tells his
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Public domain photos Jewish refugees
crowd the
Exodus’ decks
after the British
takeover.
Exodus 1947 is pictured in the Haifa Port in early 1952.
The ship caught fire later that year and sank in the Haifa harbor.
Exodus 1947, the Ship That Launched a Nation
ISRAEL 70 the wreckage of World War II ship from docking and deliver- thing became a mega-hit. God and ctionalized, of how the
SUSAN INGRAM | JE FEATURE and take them to Israel. ing its human cargo. knows how many people saw Jewish underground in British-
the movie.” controlled Palestine put pressure
BALTIMORE MORE than 70 e ship was called Exodus Klinger, 69, was captivated on British occupiers.
years ago, a ship once almost 1947, and in July 2017, largely by the story of the Exodus 1947 As the young son of
abandoned for scrap launched as a result of the tenacity of a er hearing the rst strains of Buchenwald and Bergen-Belsen “ e dialogue is probably
from the United States to start Jerry Klinger, a memorial to Ernest Gold’s majestic score for survivors, Klinger also read one of the most historically
a six-month journey to Europe, the ship, its crew and its pas- the 1960 lm Exodus. Exodus by Leon Uris, whose accurate descriptions of the
where it would pick up thou- sengers was dedicated in Haifa, 1958 bestseller was inspired by meaning of the birth of Israel
sands of Jewish refugees eeing Israel, at the same port where “I was typical of everybody the Exodus 1947 saga. Klinger and Zionism,” he said.
British destroyers intercepted, at that age. Seeing the movie, credits the book with giving him
attacked and prevented the your heart stirs when you hear an overview, albeit romanticized e true story of the Exodus
the music,” Klinger said. “ is 1947 helped turn the tide of
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of thousands of Jewish refugees Inner Harbor for the 50th anni- until it was acquired by the 333 E. Lancaster Ave
seeking sanctuary after World versary. About 10 years later, War Shipping Department in
War II and their quest for a Klinger tried to rally interest and 1942. Following service with
Jewish state — what would support for a memorial to the the British and U.S. Navy as a
become, in 1948, the new Exodus ship in Israel but hit too troop transport, training vessel
nation of Israel. many roadblocks. and support for the Normandy
invasion, it was sold for scrap.
However, the Exodus saga was “I just got shut out, one
largely forgotten over the ensuing thing after another,” he said. But Haganah leaders, who
decades and, although there are “Perhaps, as we would say, it were using much smaller ships
memorials to the ship at Balti- wasn’t beshert, it wasn’t intend- for their clandestine Jewish
more’s Inner Harbor, in France, ed to work out.” immigration mission, Aliyah
in Italy and even in Germany, Bet, decided it was time to start
there had never been a memorial A few years later, Klinger moving thousands of refugees,
in the one place the refugees were worked with Israeli Prime instead of hundreds. The accel-
striving to reach — Israel. Minister Benjamin Netanyahu eration of the mission would
to bring the remains of Col. increase pressure on the British,
Keepers of the Flame John Henry Patterson, the who were stopping ships from
so-called godfather of Israel reaching the British Mandate of
The childhood flame of inspi- Defense Forces, to Israel for Palestine and transferring refu-
ration that was lit for Klinger reburial. It was then he met gees to displaced persons camps
stayed with him until he found sculptor Sam Philipe. in Cyprus.
a way to use it in his retirement.
“We talked about projects in The ship, 330 feet long, was
A former executive with Israel, and I was telling him, by designed to carry 400 to 500
Merrill Lynch, Klinger found- the way, here’s an idea I’ve had passengers but would be refit-
ed the Jewish American Soci- for a long time. This was some- ted with bunks and toilets and
ety for Historic Preservation thing he’d also thought about,” loaded with enough food and
in 1999. The idea came out of Klinger said. “So, it came water for a seven-day voyage
a trip to hunt down a histor- together, between the two of from France to the British Man-
ic synagogue in New Mexico. us. As little as even four or five date of Palestine — with more
When he found the site, but months ago, Sam and I didn’t than 4,500 Holocaust refugees.
no acknowledgement of the know how big this thing was The ship was made seaworthy
former Temple Montefiore, he going to become — whether it in Baltimore and departed in
decided a memorial plaque was just going to be me and him, late February 1947. It was refit-
in order so future generations a warm Coke and a couple of ted later with accommodations
would know the historical sig- stale cookies. We had no idea.” for thousands of passengers
nificance of the 1884 building. and, in anticipation of a British
The Ship attack, with defense systems
Eighteen years later, Klinger including netting, fencing and
has researched, funded, The rusting hulk purchased pipes for oiling the deck to slow
designed and installed more secretly by Haganah opera- down boarding soldiers.
than 40 memorials honoring tives in 1946 for $40,000 had
significant Jewish people, plac- enjoyed a 14-year career as See Exodus, Page 20
es and events in 29 states and the Baltimore Steam Packet
five foreign countries. Co.’s Chesapeake Bay pleasure
cruise ship President Warfield
In 1997, Barry S. Lever spear- that plied the Chesapeake Bay
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Exodus Yossi Harel had command-
ed other Aliyah Bet missions,
Continued from Page 19 and Ike Aronovitz became the
ship’s captain.
e Crew
“I can only talk about myself,
A crew of more than 40 men, and I wanted to save the people.
mostly Jewish Americans, some
ex-GIs, some with no sailing at’s why I came aboard,” said
experience, some as young as crewman Bernard Marks, in
16 or 17 years old, found their the 1997 PBS documentary,
way to Baltimore, which wasn’t Exodus 1947.
easy, as Aliyah Bet missions
were carried out in secrecy. “So, what we have is an Amer-
Joining the Americans on the ican ship, an American crew, and
War eld, later renamed Exo- the ship is American funded.
dus 1947, were Jews from the Now the memorial is American
British Mandate of Palestine, funded,” Klinger said. “So, we
some Haganah and Palmach have a little bit of this coming
(Haganah’s ghting force) men. together, and the intimate link of
the story of Israel and the story
of America is symbolized in real
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tourist passports and arrived in “People would come up to
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project came early on when he times in wheelchairs. And we’d on her 70th Birthday!
Itamar survived his Odyssean and Klinger visited the grave talk, and they would hand me
journey. At 78, he lives in the Beit- of Exodus crewman Bernstein, their little biographies, their Children of Jewish Holocaust Survivors
Nir kibbutz in the south of Israel, who was killed during the bat- little stories of their lives, usu- Association of Greater Philadelphia
holds a Ph.D. in geology from tle with the British. ally a single sheet and say, ‘ is and surrounding areas
Hebrew University and lectures is my story,’” he said. “Nobody
on the immigrant experience and “We spent a whole a er- had told their story in Isra- Safeguarding our Legacy…
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Exponent The first issue after the par- with a quote saying, “I hope that Another major figure was featured on the
tition broke format and fea- Jewry of Philadelphia, under Exponent’s front page: Golda Myerson, who
Continued from Page 19 tured a full-page illustration of the impact of this great event, would later become known as Golda Meir.
Weizmann, with the headline will do its utmost to assure the
to the appeal for “desperate “Dr. Chaim Weizmann’s Call to success of the Allied Jewish
human beings” getting ready the Jews of Philadelphia,” along Appeals and given the possi-
to rebuild. bility to countless Jews to find a
home with dignity and security
in the near future.” section of Jerusalem and a at Philadelphia’s Warwick
member of the provision- Hotel in May 1948, noting
The following two weeks, al council of the state of her emphasis on the home-
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Opinion
EDITORIAL Spreading Zionism
A Very Jewish Miracle Where it Matters
TRAVELING TO ISRAEL today, marveling at Tel Aviv’s sky- BY KARMA FEINSTEIN-COHEN BreakingTheWalls/Thinkstock
scrapers and the holiness of the Kotel in Jerusalem, it’s incredi-
bly easy to forget that as much as the Jewish state is a reality in IN THE DAYS immediately Subsequently I and other
today’s Middle East, its future — until relatively recently — has preceding Passover, the lead- Jabotinsky movement veterans
never been secure. ers of a pro-Israel organization started World Herut and its
traveled from Israel and Cana- youth movement, Magshimey
When David Ben-Gurion declared the country’s indepen- da to Indiana to meet with more Herut. Herut sees itself as the
dence 70 years ago, the fledgling Jewish state was thousands than 100 community members reborn Jabotinsky movement
of years removed from the society practically wiped out by the in three towns in what was for Zionist education and pro-
Romans and even further removed from the united monarchy of labeled a “Rolling Education- Israel activism.
Kings David and Solomon. In 1948, much like David before he al Conference” with the title,
became king, Israel was the pipsqueak staring down the Goliath “Spreading Zionism Where it Herut North America
of Arab armies unified against it. Miraculously, it survived — as Matters,” in part to help these maintains branches in the
it did in 1967, and again in 1973. communities prepare to cele- United States and Canada, and
brate Yom Ha’atzmaut, Israel’s is affiliated with the World
Today, in this series of weeks bookended by Yom Ha’atzmaut Independence Day. Herut Movement. The World
— celebrated in Israel and throughout Philadelphia last week Herut Movement has affiliates
— and the 70th anniversary of Ben-Gurion’s declaration on the Join in bonds of unity in the spirit of ahavat in Israel and in nine addition-
English calendar, May 14, the Jewish state is a strong and pros- yisrael (love of fellow Jews). al countries in Europe, South
perous first-world nation. It leads the world in cyber-technology, America and Africa, and is
it is a beacon of democracy in a region riddled with human rights Herut North America, in Indiana for three days and currently conducting a Jewish
violations, and its open-armed embrace of Jewish immigrants a 20-year organization that personally led many of the Unity Challenge, a key focus
from anywhere in the world makes it a safe haven and an insur- affiliated with the American programs alongside Indiana of “Spreading Zionism Where
ance policy against the scourge of anti-Semitism. Zionist Movement in 2002, residents who are leaders and it Matters.”
has concentrated recently on active members of Herut.
That is why the Jewish Exponent has dedicated this week’s working with Jews in smaller Starting March 22 in Ander- The Jewish Unity Challenge
issue to a celebration of Israel and its accomplishments, and the communities, especially in, but son, Ind., more than 50 attend- calls on Jews of all backgrounds,
people — whether native-born, immigrant or remaining in the not limited to, the Midwest, to ees were offered workshops on denominations and ethnicities,
Diaspora — without whom the Jewish “experiment” in the Holy teach about Zionism and help Zionist history, Judaism and emerging Jewish communities
Land would not be possible. In their stories are reflections of a with educational initiatives Hebrew. A Gary, Ind., event in Africa and elsewhere,
small sliver of the millennia-long yearning among Jews to return designed to strengthen these with 35 participants primar- as well as Ashkenazim and
home and the inspiring resolutions of a people determined to various communities’ ties with ily focused on understanding Sephardim, Anousim, Bnei
succeed even when it seems that an entire world is allied against Israel. This was the largest scale the importance of Jewish uni- Menashe and Bal Ej to join in
them. We hope that in this milestone year, if you haven’t already, series of public events Herut ty; Zionist history was taught bonds of unity in the spirit of
you similarly consider making a trip there or contributing to any sponsored in the United States there as well. ahavat yisrael (love of fellow
number of organizations that strengthen the land and its people. so far in 2018 and was preceded The third event was in Jews). Herut believes that
by the group’s relaunch in Lon- Kokomo and had 30 partic- by promoting solidarity we
By no means is Israel perfect. The debates that existed in the don in February and by Herut ipants on March 24, and show our faith in the promise
Jewish community prior to its modern-day founding continue Canada’s membership drive included a special session led that in the future, all of the
to challenge us today with regard to the state’s relationship with and other activities. by Herut Canada’s Jade Levitt Jewish people will return to
Judaism, with its neighbors and with the Diaspora. But because Since its inception, Herut has on marketing, public relations our historic homeland in eretz
Israel itself, despite the shortcomings inherent in any modern worked with all Jews regardless and communications aimed at yisrael, the land of Israel. l
state, represents the collective aspirations of the entire Jewish of affiliation, and provides vol- providing local Herut groups
people, it is impossible as a member of the Jewish community to unteer internships for students in the Midwest with the tips Karma Feinstein-Cohen is the
not feel love for this very tiny nation. and adults in Israel to observe and tools they need to both executive director of World Herut.
and experience the Israeli job expand their groups as well as
The Jewish connection to Israel is elemental. But we know that market and society, as well as help other groups successfully
here in Philadelphia, our community’s connection to the Jewish individualized assistance in the launch in other communities.
state is one of the strongest Diaspora relationships around. In aliyah and absorption process. Herut traces its history
Netivot and Sdot Negev, we in the City of Brotherly Love have Zionist education is a main to 1999, when Knesset
helped protect one of the most vulnerable regions in Israel; in thrust of Herut’s efforts. members Benny Begin and
Tel Aviv and Israel’s economic core, we’ve funded and partnered Jade Levitt, Herut Cana- Michael Kleiner left the Likud
with companies exploring the cutting edge in the life sciences da’s chairwoman, and I were political party organization.
and environmental technologies; in Jerusalem, we’ve sent our
own sons and daughters to make new homes for themselves.
We know that as much as Israel is a miracle unto itself, its
survival is very much a Jewish miracle, encapsulating the prayers
and dreams of Jewish men, women and children in generations
past, living today and yet to be born. Please join us in wishing
Israel a very happy birthday. l
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Opinion
You Can Help in the Search KVETCH ’N KVELL
for Parkinson’s Cure Call Students for Justice in Palestine What They Are
It is a misnomer — and misleading — to refer to Students for Jus-
BY BARBARA ROBINSON tice in Palestine and other organizations involved in organizing
and promoting Israeli Apartheid Week as a “Palestinian Support
APRIL IS PARKINSON’S Group” (“Palestinian Support Group at Penn Raises Ruckus,”
Awareness Month and — in April 19).
honor of the 1 million people
living with Parkinson’s in the SJP and its ilk do nothing to help the Palestinian-Arabs.
United States — I have some They do not call for there to be elections in the Palestinian
knowledge to share and an ask Authority-controlled areas and Gaza. They do not demand that
to make of you. Palestinian-Arab leaders stop stealing foreign aid to build more
villas for themselves and to pad their Swiss bank accounts. They
You may know that Ash- do not rally for Palestinian-Arab officials to build hospitals and
kenazi Jews can trace their schools rather than terror tunnels and stocked arsenals. They do
ancestry to just 350 individu- not insist that Hamas stop dumping raw sewage into the Medi-
als. This heritage has created terranean to pollute the sea, or that the Palestinian Authority pay
genetic similarities so acute the electric bill so that there is power for more than a few hours
that, according to scientists, a day in Gaza.
“everyone is a 30th cousin.”
Instead, every activity SJP and similar groups have targets
With gene mutations passed Israel. They blame Israel for all that ails Palestinian Arabs. They
from generation to generation, lie about what Israel does. They deceive well-meaning people
Ashkenazi Jews are more likely about the true nature of the Palestinian Authority, Hamas and
to carry genetic variants that Arab governments.
increase risk of certain con-
ditions, including Parkinson’s For the sake of accuracy, please call them what they plainly
disease. This unique ances- are: anti-Israel organizations and entities.
try presents a treasure trove
of data for genetic researchers Lee Bender and Kevin Ross | Co-Presidents
and a powerful opportunity to Steve Feldman | Executive Director,
improve the kind of disease
mapping that can speed cures. Zionist Organization of America-Philadelphia Chapter
With gene mutations passed from generation to tion in the LRRK2 or GBA1 Why So Shocked About Holocaust Ignorance?
generation, Ashkenazi Jews are more likely to gene and provides free genetic Why is the Exponent editorial board surprised that most
carry genetic variants that increase risk of certain testing and counseling. Americans, Jews excepted, know little about the Holocaust,
conditions, including Parkinson’s disease. nothing about it or believe it never occurred (“Defining
Jay and I support the study Auschwitz Shouldn’t Be Difficult,” April 19)? Of our 50 states,
I don’t have Parkinson’s thing in our power to learn by participating in imaging only five — California, Illinois, New Jersey, Florida and New
myself, but am a daughter, more about Parkinson’s and tests and clinical exams. We York — have laws mandating the teaching of the Holocaust,
daughter-in-law and sister to test therapies to stop its pro- each contribute bio samples of while Pennsylvania’s Act 70 strongly suggests it be taught
individuals diagnosed with the gression. Together, we enrolled blood and spinal fluid on an without requiring it. New York was the last to mandate teaching,
disease — and I know too well in the Parkinson’s Progression annual basis. We’ve made this and that was in 1994.
the difficulty and frustration Markers Initiative (PPMI), commitment because we know
that Parkinson’s causes mil- a study sponsored by The the only way we’re going to fight Obviously the Holocaust is not high up on any state’s teach-
lions of people and their loved Michael J. Fox Foundation, to this disease is with knowledge, able list.
ones, especially since the dis- share our data and bio samples and this kind of data is our best
ease has no cure. to help scientists learn more hope for unlocking the key to We Jews hold memorials, build museums and constantly rail
Given my family history about this disease and, most new therapies. If we’re not will- about an event that is now approximately 75 years in the rearview
and Ashkenazi Jewish descent, importantly, speed research ing to volunteer that data, then mirror, but it is preaching to the choir. Maybe if a concerted
I wanted to know my genetic that may lead to cures. nothing is ever going to change. effort is made to teach Holocaust history in public elementary
status. I learned that I carry PPMI is looking for people I hope you’ll join us. and high schools as part of world history, future non-Jewish
mutations in both my LRRK2 of Ashkenazi Jewish descent generations will understand this horrific event, because while 6
and GBA1 genes, which are who themselves have either To mark Parkinson’s Aware- million Jews perished, so did an additional 7 million others. It
each associated with increased Parkinson’s or Gaucher’s dis- ness Month, I invite you to take would be incredible if Jewish efforts educated the “others.”
risk for Parkinson’s. My hus- ease (given a GBA1 connec- a short quiz at michaeljfox.
band Jay also carries a muta- tion) or have a first-degree org/genetics or call 888-830- Ralph D. Bloch | Rydal
tion in the GBA1 gene. relative who does. PPMI is 6299 to learn more about the
So, we set out to do every- enrolling people with a muta- PPMI study. l Statement From the Publisher
Barbara Robinson is an We are a diverse community. The views expressed in the opinion columns and letters
obstetrician-gynecologist who published in the Jewish Exponent are those of the authors. They do not necessarily reflect
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Opinion
THE VIEW FROM HERE
Dissent Is Not Treason WE HAVEN’T MISSED
A PRINT EDITION
BY JOSHUA RUNYAN A Tale of Love and Darkness with Noa, the Israeli singer also SINCE APRIL 1887.
“does not feel comfortable par- known as Achinoam Nini, who
AS IF TO prove you can bet on ticipating in any public events several years ago was boycotted AND ... we add
almost anything, on April 24 in Israel.” The foundation by several Jewish organizations content online everyday!
an email from the media rela- promptly canceled the event. for her left-wing views. (Like
tions department of an outfit Portman, Noa opposes the BDS V I S I T JEWISHEXPONENT.COM A N D E N J O Y
calling itself BetDSI Sportsbook No sooner had the press movement.) These are celebri- M ORE CONTENT THAN EVER
appeared in my inbox. The sub- release arrived in my inbox that ties who, despite having always BEFORE.
ject line: “Odds against Eagles Portman, who as a student at been children of the left, had at
visiting White House.” Harvard University had actual- one point been embraced by the
ly been a research assistant on pro-Israel community as famous
No doubt occasioned by the Alan Dershowitz’s The Case for faces of the Jewish state only
previous day’s report in The New Israel, was pilloried for being to be dropped like hot potatoes
York Times that our beloved just another Hollywood celebri- when their deeply held political
Philadelphia Eagles have been ty to fall into the clutches of the views bubbled to the surface.
in correspondence with the boycott, divestment and sanc-
Trump administration to coor- tions (BDS) movement against Everyone is entitled to their
dinate the traditional White Israel. She was, in the analysis beliefs — and the pro-Israel
House visit of the Super Bowl’s of one Likud MK, nothing more tent is a necessarily large one
victors, Las Vegas bookies have than a traitor and deserved to be — but my worry is that a grow-
set a money line (-200) against stripped of her citizenship. ing group both inside Israel
the Birds making the trip before and outside of it is coming to
Sept. 6. (For the record, the Portman later explained equate certain political factions
over-under on the number of that she was not a support- with Israel itself. That would be
players going stands at 10.5.) If er of the BDS movement and dangerous — not only for the
you want to get in on the action, deeply loved Israel, but never- sake of Jewish unity, but also
you know where to turn. theless had issues with what for the sake of being effective
could only be inferred as Isra- champions of the Jewish state.
Judging by the revelation, el’s treatment of Palestinians,
also in The Times, that owner as well as more generally with The fact is, the left wing in
Jeffrey Lurie is apparently no fan Israeli Prime Minister Ben- Israel is just as much a reali-
of the president, and considering jamin Netanyahu, whom she ty as the Kotel and Dizengoff
that such players as Malcolm derided in a video in 2015. Square. To deny its existence —
Jenkins and Chris Long have or worse, to deny its more visible
had plenty of disagreements “I treasure my Israeli friends members, whether represented
with President Trump, favored and family, Israeli food, books, by Portman, Noa or Tzipi Livni
odds on an Eagles/White House art, cinema and dance,” she — wouldn’t just be an act of
snafu a la the Golden State War- said over the weekend. “But the willful ignorance; it would be a
riors doesn’t seem that improba- mistreatment of those suffering supremely un-Jewish act of exac-
ble. But would refusing a visit to from today’s atrocities is simply erbating Jewish divisions.
the Executive Mansion or Oval not in line with my Jewish val-
Office be tantamount to treason? ues.” I assume she was referring To be clear, Portman’s snub
to those Palestinians killed in was incredibly hurtful. To cas-
The question might appear Gaza by Israeli soldiers protect- tigate her as an enemy, though,
to be coming out of left field, but ing the border from incursions would make things worse. It
that’s exactly what some believe by armed terrorists. would make about as much
Jerusalem-born actress Natalie sense as denying the Eagles are
Portman committed when she I vehemently disagree with the best team in football. l
announced her refusal last week Portman’s characterization of
to attend the June ceremony in Israeli defensive sniper fire as Joshua Runyan is the editor-
Israel that was to honor her win- “atrocities,” but I nevertheless in-chief of the Jewish Exponent.
ning the Genesis Prize. take her at her word that she He can be reached at
is a passionate friend of Israel. [email protected].
At the time, by way of a state- True, her announcement did
ment attributed to Portman’s provide fodder for the BDS
representative and released on movement, whose affiliated
Yom Ha’atzmaut itself, the Gen- groups trumpeted the about-
esis Prize Foundation said that face on the Genesis Prize as
given “recent events in Israel evidence of the righteousness
[that] have been extremely dis- of its mission. But Natalie Port-
tressing to her,” the star of Black man is no Roger Waters.
Swan and director of Amos Oz’s
I see Portman as more in line
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Lifestyles/Culture
‘A Bag of Marbles’ a Powerful Survival Story
FILM uous, they dispatch the two Maurice (Batyste Fleurial Palmieri) carries younger brother
KERI WHITE | JE FEATURE elder boys ahead to Nice, then
send the two younger boys off Joseph (Dorian Le Clech) in A Bag of Marbles. The other photos also
A BAG OF Marbles (Un Sac de with cash, a map, train tick-
Billes), the winner of four (and ets and clear instructions. The depict the two young actors, including in the bottom photo with
counting) major film festival farewell scene is heartbreaking
awards, tells the stirring story and intense as the patriarch their father, Roman (Patrick Bruel). Photos provided
of Joseph Joffo, a 10-year-old brutally conveys the impor-
Parisian Jewish boy during tance of denying their faith happened in the past can come separated from their small town in southern France.
World War II. or risking death. Soon the two back and so he tries to antici- family, the boys encoun- Joseph lives in the home of a
boys are off on their journey. pate. It was an unusual reaction, ter kindness and help in
Based on Joffo’s memoirs, but essential in these moments.” unexpected places: Cath- bookseller; in exchange for room
the film, which is presented in The film uses contrast effec- olic priests, a doctor con- and board, he delivers newspa-
French with English subtitles, tively, juxtaposing breathtak- Elsa Zylberstein as Anna ducting inspections for pers. The host family collabo-
details the true story of theJoffo ingly beautiful scenery Joffo has less to do but makes the Nazis (a memorable rates with the Germans, and the
family as they attempt to sur- with abject horror, and the most of her screen time. In performance by Chris- father and brother are overtly
vive the German occupation of humorous interplay one memorable scene, the police tian Clavier) and the head anti-Jewish. Joseph develops a
France. It debuts on April 27 at between the broth- raid the home after hearing her of the boys’ home where crush on Francoise, the daughter
the Ritz at the Bourse. ers with devastating playing the violin. The fami- they are placed for safe- of the house — a sweet, innocent
sadness. As the boys ly hides as Roman attempts to ty, yet the sense of immi- moment amid abject horror.
The film opens with Joseph walk through the pic- talk the gendarmes away; Anna nent danger underpins every
and his older brother Maurice turesque French coun- Joffo enters and haughtily pass- moment. Maurice works in a local
playing marbles (hence the title) tryside they evade es herself off as Russian royalty. Director Christian Duguay, restaurant that supports
near their school. The scene disaster through luck a French Canadian, was select- the Resistance; the brothers
depicts a typically youthful and quick thinking, “In this scene we see her ed for A Bag of Marbles based remain in close contact and, in
interaction with good-natured but many around them intelligence, her audacity, her on his work on a prior work one suspenseful scene, manage
fraternal rivalry and innocence. are not so fortunate. consciousness,” Zylberstein titled Jappeloup. to outsmart a Nazi raider seek-
said in the press material. “She “When they asked me if I ing to catch the Resistance and
Soon, the boys scamper off Dorian Le Clech, takes incredible risks. ... In the knew Un Sac de Billes by Joseph expose its network.
to visit their father’s place of the young actor who moments of survival, she is able Joffo, I had to tell them that I
business, a barber shop, the plays Joseph, is spec- to surpass herself. When a per- had never read it. That being Ultimately, the war ends and,
window of which contains a tacular; his spirit, his son has such calmness, it shows said, the book isn’t very known like so many families, the Joffos
sign indicating the shop is Jew- love for his family, his that they’re ready for anything.” in Quebec,” Duguay said in the face a heartbreaking truth. But
ish owned. The boys see a cou- courage, vulnerabili- press material. “While read- they also experience joy.
ple of German soldiers heading ty and kindness come Throughout the movie, while ing it, I was shocked by the
toward the store and mischie- through in every scene. tenacity, the conviction and the Upon seeing the film, Joseph
vously stand in front of the sign power behind this extremely Joffo said: “Today, the life I
to block the “Jewish” label. Batyste Fleurial hopeful story. It’s a brilliant lived still strongly and heavily
Palmieri, who portrays Mau- novel, shared through the chil- resonates with people. Because
Unwittingly, the soldiers rice, is equally affecting. An dren’s point of view, about the of terrorism, children every-
enter, receive haircuts and speak adolescent, he convincingly world around them and how where are force to escape, too.
loudly and disparagingly of Jews. straddles the worlds of child- reality catches up to them.” Like us, 50 years ago, they’re
Roman Joffo, the boys’ father, hood and adulthood — jocu- As the boys evade capture, found on the side of the roads,
whose two older sons also work larly ribbing his little brother, they eventually land jobs in a totally alone and left to fend for
in the shop, tells the soldiers as yet shouldering the awesome themselves.” l
they leave that the shop is owned responsibility of keeping him
by and filled with Jews. Angry, safe amid unspeakable danger. Keri White is a freelance writer and
the soldiers storm out. a Jewish Exponent food columnist.
The parents deliver epic per-
Later, Roman Joffo explains formances, too. Patrick Bruel
to the boys the danger of their as Roman Joffo emits a quiet
prank, but the sequence effec- intensity throughout; he is a
tively conveys the themes of loving and gentle man, yet pos-
youthful naiveté and mischief sesses strength, wit and honor.
amid danger, as well as the
concepts of unity, family, cour- Bruel described his approach
age and human dignity. in the press material: “He is a
reference, a good man, neces-
As the climate becomes sarily tormented because he is
more hostile to Jews, the family one step ahead of others. He
decides to flee occupied Par- senses what will happen and
is for the free zone. Realizing he has already overcome terri-
that the six of them traveling ble trials: his escape during the
together would be conspic- pogroms. He knows that what
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Lifestyles/Culture
Theatre Ariel Presents ‘Israeli Love Stories’
T H E AT E R
KERI WHITE | JE FEATURE
TO CELEBRATE THE 70th
anniversary of the state of
Israel, Theatre Ariel is pre-
senting Israeli Love Stories, a
performance drawn from the
acclaimed podcast Israel Story,
which, in turn, was inspired by
NPR’s This American Life.
All of the stories are true,
everyday experiences of pres-
ent-day Israelis, and have aired
on the podcast. They showcase
modern tales in an ancient
land, told by and about Israelis.
The show will be presented in
private homes “concert style,”
with actors delivering dramatic
readings of the stories using
voice and gesture. Israeli Love
Stories comprises five stories
curated by Director Deborah
Baer Mozes from the entire col-
lection of Israel Story podcasts.
“Four years, ago my daugh- From left: Anthony Mustafa Adair, Michaela Shuchman and Alana Gerlach perform in Israeli Love Stories. Photo provided
ter introduced me to the pod- York. We then corresponded all had a common theme: love. how to stay in love. The collec- new works. Israeli Love Stories
cast Israel Story. I have been back and forth, and I was able I decided to focus on this uni- tion really encompasses a lot is presented in partnership with
hooked on it ever since,” Baer to gain permission to use the versal experience. The show about contemporary Israel and the Jewish Federation of Great-
Mozes said. “I knew I want- material for my performance. then began to take shape, and about life in general.” er Philadelphia and the Jewish
ed to do something with the “I listened to the entire it all came together. My goal Because the stories are true, Coalition of Bucks County.
material and, a while back, I collection of podcasts again, was to express my love for written by real people about
had the opportunity to meet around 38 in all, and I chose Israel, so the theme of love real experiences, they are relat- The performance runs
with the booking agent in New my favorites. The five I chose worked perfectly.” able and accessible. Baer Mozes approximately 90 minutes,
A former director of culture described the show as “down to with a discussion and dessert
for the Consulate General of earth,” telling stories of people reception immediately follow-
GAUMONT PRESENTS Israel, Baer Mozes has a strong we know and understand. ing. Two shows have already
A QUAD & MAIN JOURNEY PRODUCTION occurred, with additional per-
formances scheduled for April
DORIAN LE CLECH BATYSTE FLEURIAL PALMIERI connection to the Israel. The cast for Israeli Love Sto- 28 at 8:30 p.m. and April 29 at
7 p.m. These weekend perfor-
PATRICK BRUEL ELSA ZYLBERSTEIN BERNARD CAMPAN “I am a passionate Zionist, ries includes actors Alana Ger- mances will be held in Main
Line homes; once attendees buy
so this seemed like the perfect lach, Anthony Mustafa Adair, tickets they will be informed of
way for me to honor the 70th Ahren Potratz and Michaela the performance location.
“ONE OF THE anniversary of the birth of Shuchman. Because the pod-
BEST MOVIES the state. The beauty of the casts also feature music, Baer There is also a Bucks Coun-
five stories is that each reflects Mozes included that element ty performance set for 7 p.m.
TOLD ABOUT THE HOLOCAUST a different aspect of Israeli in the show. She recruited on April 30 at Shir Ami in
FROM A CHILD’S POINT OF VIEW.” Newtown.
–The Jerusalem Post life. One is set on a kibbutz, renowned Philadelphia musi- Israeli Love Stories is part
of Theatre Ariel’s Salon Series,
“THE BOYS’ FORCED MATURITY BEYOND another centers around the cians Chana Rothman and Dan- which is designed to enable audi-
THEIR YEARS IS WHAT MAKES THIS SO IDF. There is a story that iella Forstater, who will perform ences to “take a trip away from
focuses on an ultra-Orthodox in Hebrew traditional Israeli love the stage to experience theater
COMPELLING AND EMOTIVE.” inside your neighbor’s home.” l
– FilmInk.com Keri White is a freelance writer and
Jewish Exponent food columnist.
couple, another that features a songs between each skit.
relationship between an Israeli Founded in 1990, Theatre
and a Palestinian, and finally Ariel bills itself as Pennsylva-
one about a gay couple. nia’s only professional theater
“They all highlight the dedicated to illuminating the
A FILM BY CHRISTIAN DUGUAY
EXCLUSIVE ENGAGEMENT moment of discovery — that social, cultural and spiritual her-
STARTS FRIDAY, APRIL 27 thunderbolt realization of ‘I’m itage of the Jewish people; it has
in love,’ and they also explore created and commissioned 79
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Harissa: Spice Paste Extraordinaire
FOOD
KERI WHITE | JE FOOD COLUMNIST
HARISSA, THE NORTH
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The beauty of harissa is
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use harissa:
Continued from Page 27 1 brisket, about 4 pounds HARISSA
Mix it with mayonnaise and spread it on a sandwich with Salt and pepper Store-bought harissa is quite
2 eggs cold cuts. 4 tablespoons harissa delicious, but if you have the
1 tablespoon harissa 1 onion, sliced time and inclination to make
Pinch of salt Spread it inside a grilled cheese sandwich. 3 cloves garlic, minced your own, here’s a wonderful
Butter for the pan 2 tablespoons vegetable or and simple recipe.
Mix it with vinaigrette or ranch for a zesty salad dressing.
Heat a skillet to medi- canola oil This is a slightly simpler
um-high and melt the butter to Toss a couple of tablespoons in with couscous or rice for a 1 cup beef or vegetable version than many harissa rec-
coat the pan. flavorful side dish. ipes; I bought crushed Aleppo
broth peppers, which provide both
In a small bowl, beat the Slather it on salmon, or your favorite fish, and then roast. ½ cup red wine texture and taste. They are not
eggs, harissa and salt. pulverized into a powder, so
Rub it between the skin and flesh of a roasting chicken Heat your when they mix with the oil and
Pour the mixture into a pan before cooking. oven to 300 vinegar, they reconstitute a bit
and cook, scraping the bottom degrees. and form a thicker, less-uni-
until done, approximately two Spoon a couple of scoops Sprinkle form paste, which is good.
minutes. Serve immediately. into lamb or beef stew. the brisket Makes about ½ cup harissa
with salt and
BRUSSELS SPROUTS Top a bowl of vegetable or pepper, and 2 cloves garlic
HARISSA lentil soup with a dollop of coat both ½ cup canola oil
We had these alongside a sim- harissa. sides with a 2 tablespoons red wine
ple roasted chicken, and they thin layer of
were a hit. This preparation Garnish a plate of hummus vinegar
would work with any roasted with harissa. 2 tablespoons crushed
vegetable — carrots, potatoes,
yams, cabbage, broccoli or cau- harissa. Set Aleppo peppers
liflower to name a few. them in a serving bowl and aside. 2 tablespoons tomato
Serves two to four toss with the harissa. Heat the
Harissa sauce nobtis/Thinkstock paste
1 pound Brussels sprouts, ½ teaspoon ground cumin
rinsed and trimmed oil in a pan ½ teaspoon ground caraway
would work well with rice, over medium heat and sauté
2 tablespoons oil HARISSA BRISKET noodles, potatoes or quinoa. It the onions and garlic, about seeds (you may have to
½ teaspoon salt This was flavorful, interest- was also great leftover. five minutes. Push the onions grind these yourself)
Generous grind of fresh pepper ing and a little exotic, but also to one side of the pan and place ½ teaspoon salt
2 tablespoons harissa (or comforting and accessible, A word on the pan: I used a the brisket in the pan to sear
even pleasing to young and large rectangular roasting pan, for about three minutes. Flip Place all ingredients in a
to taste) timid palates. In other words, which was about 4 inches deep. and sear the other side. blender or food processor and
it was a great selection for a I just heated it right on the Pour the liquids over the puree until just mixed. Allow
Heat your oven to 400 degrees. varied crowd. I served it to a stove to sauté the onions and meat, cover tightly and place in it to sit for about an hour to
Toss the Brussels sprouts with family group that ranged in age sear the meat, then covered it the oven for about three hours enable the flavors to meld.
oil, salt and pepper. Roast for 30 to from 7 to 70, and it was a hit with foil and put it in the oven. until the meat is fork tender. Store in the refrigerator, tightly
40 minutes until lightly charred. with everyone. You can also use a cast-iron Remove the meat from the covered, for two weeks. l
Remove the Brussels skillet, any ovenproof skillet or oven, slice and serve with the
sprouts from the oven, place We served it with Israeli a Dutch oven. cooking liquid as a gravy.
couscous, which was a great Serves six to eight
base for the sauce, but this dish
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